City of Memphis questions legality of its employee unions
The City of Memphis and the Memphis Fire Fighters Association have been in court since this summer after the Memphis City Council failed to include a promised 5% raise in the city budget. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
The city argues that there’s nothing in its charter that gives city employees the right to collectively bargain as a union.
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city of Memphis Memphis Fire Fighters AssociationSamuel Hardiman
Samuel Hardiman is an enterprise and investigative reporter who focuses on local government and politics. He began his journalism career at the Tulsa World in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he covered business and, later, K-12 education. Hardiman came to Memphis in 2018 to join the Memphis Business Journal, covering government and economic development. He then served as the Memphis Commercial Appeal’s city hall reporter and later joined The Daily Memphian in 2023. His current work focuses on Elon Musk’s xAI, regional energy needs and how Memphis and Shelby County government spend taxpayer dollars.
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